Shouldn't the government fund existing initiatives? You know what your community's needs are. You would like to have more childcare centres. So shouldn't the government support existing initiatives?
Early childhood centres help kids who otherwise would not have been reached. I experienced this in Quebec, and more particularly in my riding of Saint-Lambert which is close to Longueuil. Kids who otherwise would have stayed home, and yet who would have benefited from being helped to prepare for school, received the support they needed in these early childhood centres. They start going to these centres between the ages of eight or twelve months. Parents can even drop off their kids on a part-time basis or if they call ahead of time. So when a parent is at the end of his or her rope, at any time, they can call and drop off their child. This allows the childcare workers to help both the child and the parent. If you help the child but not the parent...
Isn't this the type of thing that the government should support?